VTOL news updates - Australia

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Are you ready? Lessons from the USA!

In another blow for pandemic weary Americans eager to travel again, the country's largest carrier, American Airlines, cancelled hundreds of flights over recent Father's Day weekend. The reason was very simple, media sources are claiming the airline delayed the recall of pilots, engineers and ground staff. In fact, many required recertification, check and training updates. There was even a shortage of check and training specialists, who also needed to be checked back onto the flightline! Suddenly a surge of airline bookings meant the airline could not cope and many hundreds of flights were cancelled – bad PR!

Remember CASA has warned us all to check our re-qualification sources for when it is time to work again!
It has been suggested some staff who do check and training have moved onto other lobs during COVID.